kinh hoàng

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Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Horrified; Terrified: Experiencing an intense, overwhelming feeling of fear or dread, often to the point of being stunned or paralyzed.
    • Horrific; Horrifying: Causing extreme fear, shock, or dismay. Describes the terrifying nature of an event or situation itself.
Usage Examples

  • Adjective (feeling horrified):

    • Mọi người đều kinh hoàng khi chứng kiến vụ tai nạn. (Everyone was horrified witnessing the accident.)
    • Cô ấy có vẻ kinh hoàng sau khi nghe tin. (She seemed terrified after hearing the news.)

  • Adjective (describing a horrific thing):

    • Đó là một vụ thảm sát kinh hoàng. (That was a horrific massacre.)
    • Chúng tôi vừa xem một bộ phim kinh hoàng. (We just watched a horrifying film.)
Advanced Usage
  • The adjective "kinh hoàng" can be used in formal contexts to describe catastrophic events or profound psychological fear.
  • It can function attributively (before a noun) or predicatively (after a linking verb like "là" or "cảm thấy").
Variants and Related Words
  • Kinh hãi (adj): Dreadful, terrified. A close synonym, sometimes used interchangeably, though "kinh hoàng" often implies a more paralyzing, shocking level of fear.
  • Kinh sợ (v/adj): To fear greatly; to be afraid. More general than "kinh hoàng".
  • Khiếp sợ (v/adj): To be terrified; to dread. Emphasizes a cowering or recoiling fear.
Synonyms
  • Horrified: Filled with horror or shock.
  • Terrified: Extremely frightened.
  • Appalled: Greatly horrified or shocked.
  • Horrific: Causing horror.
Related Idioms and Phrases
  • Gieo sự kinh hoàng (cho ai): To strike someone with consternation; to sow/instill horror in someone.
    • Hung thủ gieo sự kinh hoàng cho toàn thành phố. (The perpetrator struck the entire city with terror.)
adj
  1. scared; consternated; frightened
    • gieo sự kinh hoàng cho ai
      to strike someone with consternation